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Below is a list of trusted editors who have knowledge of Terraria on particular platforms and in particular areas. This resource is meant to offer a means of verifying and adding wiki information. Please do not contact the users listed for gameplay help – instead use the forums.

User Desktop Console Old-gen Console Mobile 3DS Other/Notes Ferretwings Wiki code, tables, advanced templates ReedemtheD3ad ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Breathlessblizzard ✔️ Source code, wiki code Awesome diamonds ✔️ ✔️ Trialsphere ✔️ Switch

If you need to adjust your entry on the list, feel free to edit the table. If you wish to remove yourself from the list, you may do so as well.

If you would like to be added to the list, please click here and include your username at the bottom (only those with user accounts will be considered), and your area of expertise.

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Article Stubs (11) Template:Critter info Food and drink potions Grasses Loadouts New Chinese version history Paintings Phorum Shortsword Plants/tr Terraria Wiki:Projects/DPS/Weapon DPS chart Pululu Frisbee Solutions Rewrite Requests (5) Guide:Defending against invasion events User:Funmikey07/Version Differences Game controls Hornet/it Tutorial Information Requests (4) Article Requests Cages Missing placed animations and sizes for the 1.4 cages. Light sources Brightness percentage is a bit vague, so this either needs to be clarified or replaced with tile distance. There are also multiple unknown brightness levels. TModLoader * Information as to how you obtain the April Fools Joke. * Differences between the desktop version and the tModLoader version, including the lack of Shimmer and a reduced max stack. Tile IDs Part8 Missing sprites of cages.

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Requests to be added to the contributor list at the top of the Community noticeboard page

If you'd like to be added to the above resource list of editors, please include your username below (only those with user accounts will be considered), and your area of expertise. – Ferretwings ^(talk) 01:16, 18 May 2017 (UTC)

Request to be added

Hello. I am a long time player of Terraria Desktop, and I have much experience with it. I would love to be added as an editor so I can help update the wiki with new and changed items and features from the 1.4 update. I have already been working on updating the upcoming features with new information, and I would be glad to continue to quickly bring out accurate update information. Fireboltthecoolcat (talk) 23:14, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Added. --Rye Greenwood (talk) 18:16, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Request to be added

Hi, I'd like to be added to the editors list. I've been helping around the wiki recently creating item pages, copyediting, and reporting vandalism. I play Desktop and have basic familiarity with the source code, so I can pull up information about item functionality, vendor sales, etc without too much trouble. On the wikicode side, I've learned how to use a good number of the standard templates+infoboxes and I'm hoping to pick up more through practice. You can check my contributions page to see where I've helped out, or contact me in the Discord under the same username. Cheers! Breathlessblizzard (talk) 22:38, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

I've added you. Thank you so much for your help :) – Ferretwings ^(talk) 23:06, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Request to be added

Hello! I'd like to be added to the editors list. I mostly play mobile, but can readily test pretty much anything on the Console version (latest version, Xbox One), and will sometimes be able to test some Desktop things. I'll hopefully be able to be editing a lot more actively, and am currently working to achieve consistency, especially with the flood of 1.4 articles. Thanks for your consideration! —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ^「talk」 17:57, 21 May 2020 (UTC)

Added. --Rye Greenwood (talk) 18:16, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Request to be added

Hi! I'd like to be added to the editor's list. I have (what I'd like to think) an extensive knowledge of most Terraria Desktop version mechanics, as well as features and content. I've joined pretty recently in order to help with 1.4 content additions, and I helped to start adding happiness quotes for the happiness quotes project to most NPCs, as well as preparing to start the DPS project (to find the average DPS of weapons). Thank you for reading, no hard feelings if I don't make it. DanZeMan (talk) 12:49, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Request to be added

Hello, my name is Trialsphere, I am constant player of the game and have over 340 hours on Nintendo Switch. I know the game mechanics well, tend to recognize glitches fairly quickly when they pop up, and know most of the tips or tricks a player might need. I would love to be added as an editor so I can help add information that might have been missed on pages and help the terraria community as much as I can. I thank you for your time and consideration. Trialsphere (talk) 17:41, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Added you to the list. --Eraloiz (talk) 09:49, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

Policy for Public Server listing?

Recently, an IP added a public server, possibly their own, to Server § Public servers. Is there a rule against putting servers there, and if not, is there a policy? —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 21:12, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

I think a general rule to go by would be to remove the server if a google search doesn't return anything related to them. A website would also help if they have one set up. 4e696e6a6f795844 (talk) 18:22, 7 January 2018 (UTC)

Guide page histories don't have thank links?

I just noticed today that the history page for Guide:Making money doesn't seem to have "thank" links. Other pages and guides have them on their histories. Why is this page different?  ;-) --MentalMouse42 (talk) 16:44, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

ETA: The link dialog offered to make that history link an internal link, and then got it wrong. Unfortunately the obvious fix doesn't seem to work either -- I suspect the software doesn't like arguments in internal links. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 16:49, 11 January 2018 (UTC)

The "thank" links show up for me. Note that they don't show up for edits made by anonymous IP users though; that's by design. Equazcion ^(talk) 16:55, 11 Jan 2018 (UTC)

Ahh, that'll do it. I wanted to tell 176.193.186.64 that his edits are good, but I really wish he'd get a name already.  ;-) --MentalMouse42 (talk) 11:33, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

New template: Patch notice

I'm testing a new template Template:Patch notice on page 1.2.4.1. Any thoughts? – Ferretwings ^(talk) 20:45, 12 January 2018 (UTC)

Definitely approve of this template, would it be practical to also add a version equivalents optional param into the template? —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 20:50, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Statue List

I just found an interesting Talk Page.: Talk:Statue List. Any thoughts on what should be done since this is from 2012? – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 02:50, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Talk page of something deleted long ago, I've deleted it. Equazcion ^(talk) 02:55, 13 Jan 2018 (UTC)

Alright. At first, it looked like someone created the Talk Page when there was no main page, but looking at the histories, I see that that is incorrect. Thanks! – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 02:59, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Category:Terraria pet images and Template:Resolved

Just combining these 2 questions

As some of you may have noticed, I made a new category for projectile images of pets, minions, etc. After thinking about it for a bit, I thought the name “Category:Terraria familiar images” would sound better, everyone in support of this? —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 21:18, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Moving it now. If there’s any objections, feel free to help revert. —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 14:41, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Apparently the category has 44 files, cancelling move —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 15:28, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

After visiting Wikipedia, I saw their resolved template, would it be a better idea to use this one instead of the current one I made? —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 21:18, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Console version and Mobile version exclusive content tables

Based on the recent updates to the exclusivities of the pages in these tables, there anyone who is experienced with tables who can correct their placements? Thanks to all looking into this! —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 23:49, 19 January 2018 (UTC)

Desktop only content is incorrect.

We play on the Console (PS4) and have picked up many Desktop only items. Can the wiki please be updated to show this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Riyalara (talk • contribs) at 15:29, January 22, 2018‎ (UTC)

The Wiki will be updated soon. Because of how the console version is handled, we are waiting for the XBox One to receive the update because the PS4 and the XBox One with be put together as "New-gen console version." – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 19:33, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

File:Pc only.png and {{desktop icon}}

Are there any editors with sufficient permissions who can change File:Pc only to File:Desktop only in the Desktop icon template? —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 16:33, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Done. – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 17:35, 24 January 2018 (UTC)

Internal errors and 500/502 errors

These may be unrelated, as 500 and 502 errors seem to not happen anymore (but were recent), however Internal errors are popping up (when I wasn’t on my VPN, any checkusers may find this edit was made with VPN), is there a way to fix it? —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 02:38, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Awesome, it posted this time! —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 02:38, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, there have been lots of reports of these errors recently on other wikis as well. They have been reported and are being worked on. Part of it was due to some updates. – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 03:04, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

No Chair Crafting Station on  Mobile version

On the  Mobile version, where a Work Bench and Chair is usually required for crafting, I only need a Work Bench. Not sure why that is. Any one know? – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 04:32, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Interesting, I’ll just go ahead and confirm so we can have corroborating evidence —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 13:49, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Nevermind, I thought you meant something else. The chair is only required for Watch crafting, which only exists legitimately in Desktop and Console. —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ 「talk」 14:20, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

The Chair and Table are for watch crafting. The Chair and Workbench are for Googles and Sunglasses crafting. – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 18:29, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

Unused file

Can someone add this GIF (right) to the 1.3.0.1 spoiler archive? -

107.0.254.97 15:36, 29 January 2018 (UTC)

We don’t usually edit archives, but this was indeed a teaser at the time... I’ll wait for more responses —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ^「talk」 14:33, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

It was there originally but I removed it. It wasn't an in-game graphic, just a promo image for use on the forum. I didn't want people thinking it was something that would appear in the game. Might make for a decent trivia item on the music page if you want, for the historic record, but I wouldn't edit it into the archive. Equazcion ^(talk) 05:55, 18 Feb 2018 (UTC)

My player is gone

Sorry if this is in the wrong place, I'm new to this wiki. But anyways, I started playing Terraria on my tablet, but when I pressed play, it said my player had been created on a newer version of Terraria and could not be loaded. So did my app somehow get DOWNgraded or something? Please help. I had all of my best stuff on me. Crediblemicah (talk) 14:38, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

The correct place to post this would be the forums. In fact, a quick search revealed this post which seems to describe your exact problem. 4e696e6a6f795844 (talk) 14:54, 19 February 2018 (UTC)

Hello terraria wiki community

Hello! I have been inactive for a while, and I would like to "get back in the game" so to speak. I am happy to make GIFs, write pages, or anything else. Thanks, Giga 5 (talk) 00:55, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

Welcome Back! Great to have your help! – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 06:04, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

World being over written on xbox one

I'm having the bug where my friend's world overwrites mine. I'm on xbox so this is kinda a problem... ive lost 3 worlds with all my things do to this. If there is no solution then I'm threw. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.205.245.38 at 04:09, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

A fix has been posted on the forums. See this link for a fix. 4e696e6a6f795844 (talk) 11:37, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

Animated Images

Hello, I am asking about if I could replace images (when eligible) with animated GIFs instead, and how I could do such a thing. Also, how do I add images to this post? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.80.139.109

We do allow animated gifs in certain circumstances. For animated NPCs, this should be fine, just make sure the gif is for the natural state of the NPC. See Jellyfish for an example. You need to create an account to upload images here. – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 01:23, 6 March 2018

As ReedemtheD3ad said, they are allowed. However, not all pages need gifs, but they would be helpful on many of them. To create a gif, I use I program called ScreenToGif which can be used on practically any OS. To get started with gifs, check out the Animations Help page to get started. I created many of the gifs on this wiki, so if you run into any issues, I am happy to help. Giga 5 (talk) 05:01, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

I recommend getting the images from the source of the game directly, rather than from gameplay. It is easier to do that way. The Spriter's Resource site has most of the source images already converted to png and available. Using a program like GIMP with the unstrip plugin, can make them gifs easily. – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 06:42, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

I have already made GIFs using photoshop elements, using 'Save to web' from the Spriter's Resource page. 75.80.139.109 00:52, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello, I got an account now :D and I am wondering what exactly you mean by the natural state. For example, here is a gif I made of the enchanted sword NPC: Pixelparkourx (talk) 03:09, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Great! Glad to have you helping out! By natural state, I meant what the NPC would look like "standing still," i.e. not attacking (like the Jellyfish gifs exclude their shock attack animation) or showing movement animation (like the Baby Slime minion where we only show the "bouncing" animation and exclude the flying animation). What you did with the Enchanted Sword is great (not showing the spinning animation). Make sure to properly license the images you upload (by adding the {{License Terraria source file}}). The best way to make sure files uploaded are properly licensed is using Special:Upload. This way, it prompts you for a license upon uploading saving you the effort of manually adding it instead. I'll go ahead and fix up a couple of things on the new file you uploaded's page to show you what we expect. Thank you again. – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 03:49, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

This GIF shows the Enchanted Sword enemy with its pre-1.3.5 sprite, and should be updated. 107.0.254.97 13:40, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

Oops! I'll fix that, sorry.Pixelparkourx (talk) 23:14, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

But wouldn't it be better if there were multiple labeled GIFs? Like having a GIF labeled "Shock Attack" that shows the shock attack. Then you could see more things = more knowledge. Pixelparkourx (talk) 23:16, 9 March 2018 (UTC)

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ If you wanted to upload seperate gifs for showing attacks, I guess that would be fine. The main thing was making sure the images in the infoboxes are conservative. I would put animating the infobox images on a higher priority than the other ones. Thank you for helping out. – ReedemtheD3ad! (talk) 01:47, 10 March 2018 (UTC)

Deletion of {{Desktop}}, {{Console}}, {{Xbox One}}, {{Xbox 360}}, {{Mobile}}, and {{3DS}}

Since the templates are protected, I’ll just quickly post a deletion proposal here —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ^「talk」 13:26, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

I personally prefer the shortcut templates. It is much more intuitive to use Template:T than {{Desktop version|short}}. – Ferretwings ^(talk) 14:03, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

I agree, the only reason I’m proposing deletion is that they are listed as deprecated, and themselves are only a deprecation message like {{Bug}}. —ϟAwesome_Diamondsϟ^「talk」 18:45, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

Should we add a screenshots section to mainspace pages where applicable?

I was thinking that a "Gallery" or "Screenshots" section where screenshots of a certain biome/boss/enemy/item are placed? That would be nice to see how the page's subject looks by itself and with players, blocks, etc. Also, it would look cleaner than when screenshots are spread around on the right side. (Like the Minecraft Wiki.) --Creeperlovr (talk) 01:24, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

That would be cool, but the reason that the Minecraft Wiki has the gallery is because you can take a picture of an item/boss/player in minecraft from multiple angles (hence, it is a 3D game) whereas in terraria, there is one fixed view that you can screenshot. So even though a Gallery section would give the page more examples to represent, there is really no practical need. Giga 5 (talk) 19:27, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Nice point. Sometimes it can be nice to see the relative size of bosses though. P.S. The Underworld has a gallery. You might want to look at it because it does not adhere to the style guide. --Creeperlovr (talk) 15:31, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

There's no real reason we can't put a gallery when it's warranted -- that is, when there are lots of images that don't fit into the explanatory text -- but not just to have "moar pictures". That said, now you have me wondering if someone could make a composite image of bosses, similar to what was done for the jump heights. --MentalMouse42 (talk) 15:50, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Limit for .gif files used in thumbnails for animation

Hello,

what is the maximum filesize/resolution for a .gif file to be animated as a thumbnail?

Trying to upload a showcase of the item frame duplication to be used in the "cheating" section of Guide:Making_money but my attempt ( https://terraria.gamepedia.com/File:ItemFrameDuplication.gif ) isn't animating in a thumbnail.

FGeorjje (talk) 15:28, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

iTunes vs App Store vs iOS

Why is it called iTunes when it is called the App Store? People are also more familiar with the term iOS. From what I understand, when people mention iTunes... they usually talk about the music on iOS while they say App Store or even just iOS when talking about the apps. The title here even says App Store. To settle with confusion with just App Store, "App Store (iOS)" could be used. Surafbrov 13:19, 15 April 2018 (UTC)

I have to agree with Surafbrov. In iOS devices there no reference to iTunes anywhere.--Leonord curse「talk」 06:34, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Time for a new logo for the wiki! Calling for design proposals!

So we were talking about changing the terraria wiki logo because it has been there for quite some time and may need some improvement. The "wiki" text is not really aligned or centered in any way and originally the concept was to make the tree of the background a feature but it also doesn't stand out much. We also wanted to add "official" to the logo somehow.

So we want proposals for a new logo from all editors. You can make small changes to the one we have now or if you are feeling creative make a new design. Let's wait a week, until 28/4 for people to submit proposals and then we can vote. Please upload the logo proposal to some image hosting site (not the wiki) in it's final size of 150x150px and include a small explanation of your concept.

Here are the backgrounds and Logos for you to get you started:

• https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Category:Logo_images
• https://terraria.gamepedia.com/Official_Terraria_Forums#Backgrounds

Leonord curse「talk」 06:34, 21 April 2018 (UTC)

Proposals

1. https://i.imgur.com/lryH8aD.png Staying true to the current design uses a clear font without strong outlinees while keeping the tree visible (with better contrast) and keeps the emphasis on "Terraria".

Vote

NEXT WEEK